State police name suspect in Sherman bank robbery

Libor Jany, Staff Writer

Updated
10:19 pm EDT, Friday, April 29, 2011

Webster Bank in the Sherman Green Marketplace, just west of the intersection of routes 37 and 39, was robbed at 9:20a.m Thursday morning. Todd Froehlich, of Eden Drive in Danbury, has been taken into custody.

Webster Bank in the Sherman Green Marketplace, just west of the intersection of routes 37 and 39, was robbed at 9:20a.m Thursday morning. Todd Froehlich, of Eden Drive in Danbury, has been taken into custody.

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Webster Bank in the Sherman Green Marketplace, just west of the intersection of routes 37 and 39, was robbed at 9:20a.m Thursday morning. Todd Froehlich, of Eden Drive in Danbury, has been taken into custody.

Webster Bank in the Sherman Green Marketplace, just west of the intersection of routes 37 and 39, was robbed at 9:20a.m Thursday morning. Todd Froehlich, of Eden Drive in Danbury, has been taken into custody.

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State police name suspect in Sherman bank robbery

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DANBURY -- Authorities have released the name of the man suspected of robbing a Sherman bank Thursday, who later led officers on a short car chase as a State Police investigation closed in on him.

Todd Froehlich, 38, of Eden Drive in Danbury, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after police tracked him to the La Quinta Inn in Danbury, officials said.

Police say Froehlich and a female acquaintance, Becky Teck, 40, tried to flee north on Route 7, and their car ran a state police cruiser off the road before authorities ended the chase.

No officers were injured in the chase, state police Lt. Paul Vance said in a statement released Friday.

Froehlich was charged with two counts of attempted assault of a police officer, unlawful restraint, engaging in pursuit, reckless driving, assault on a police officer, first-degree robbery and fourth-degree larceny, according to the statement.

The latter two charges stemmed from the alleged bank robbery, the statement said.

Froehlich was held on $750,000 bond following his arrest. He was expected to enter a plea at his Friday arraignment at state Superior Court in Danbury.

Vance confirmed that Teck, a resident of North Nabby Road, Danbury, was being sought on two warrants -- for violation of probation and failing to appear in court. Vance added she was not considered a suspect in the bank robbery.

Teck, who was held on $10,000 bond, was scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Danbury.

Witnesses led police to Froehlich's location, Vance said in a phone interview Friday, but he refused to go into detail about the investigation.

Froehlich has a criminal record dating back to 2004 that includes convictions on credit card theft and drug and weapons possession charges, according to the court clerk's office.

Vance said Froehlich walked into the Webster Bank in the Sherman Green Marketplace on Thursday morning, wearing a gray hoodie, sunglasses and a baseball cap.

He reportedly handed the teller a note in which he demanded money, all the while hinting that he was armed, the statement said.

Before Froehlich's arrest later Thursday, state police Sgt. Rob Desmaris told The News-Times the amount of money taken was "very small for a bank robbery."